diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
index 8eb3a9dacb7..a23e5ee0818 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/describe:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/certificate:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/event:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/fieldpath:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/qos:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/resource:go_default_library",
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/rbac:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/fatih/camelcase:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
index 532c29092c0..fefa3b507af 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 	deploymentutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/rbac"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/describe"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/certificate"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/event"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/fieldpath"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/qos"
 	resourcehelper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/resource"
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
index 0bd3b8f560c..27f6934ec93 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ filegroup(
     srcs = [
         ":package-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/certificate:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/event:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/fieldpath:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/logs:all-srcs",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
index 7868b8c4d07..bcc84c3abf8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ filegroup(
     srcs = [
         ":package-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment:all-srcs",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/hash:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/interrupt:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils:all-srcs",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/event/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/BUILD
similarity index 71%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/event/BUILD
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/BUILD
index 1c0fe6300d3..1026bf06bf8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/event/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/BUILD
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
-load(
-    "@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl",
-    "go_library",
-    "go_test",
-)
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
 
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
     srcs = ["sorted_event_list.go"],
-    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/event",
+    importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = ["//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library"],
 )
 
@@ -34,4 +30,5 @@ filegroup(
     name = "all-srcs",
     srcs = [":package-srcs"],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/event/sorted_event_list.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/sorted_event_list.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/event/sorted_event_list.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/sorted_event_list.go
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/event/sorted_event_list_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/sorted_event_list_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/event/sorted_event_list_test.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event/sorted_event_list_test.go
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 2c6c3ac8e6a..5815985cfab 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1637,6 +1637,7 @@ k8s.io/kube-proxy/config/v1alpha1
 k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha1
 # k8s.io/kubectl v0.0.0 => ./staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment
+k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/event
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/hash
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/interrupt
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils